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nothing regarding this from personal experience, having killed but two of 

 these animals, one in a tree and another which had been caught in a trap. 

 The fur has a high commercial value and the skins are much used 

 by trappers and hunters, as they make exceedingly warm, soft robes. 



Specimens examined from Wisconsin and adjoining states: 

 Wisconsin — (O. C.) Gordon, Douglas Co. (skull), i; Mercer, Iron Co. 



(skull), i; Fisher Lake, Iron Co. (skull), i. 

 Ontario, Canada, i. 



Subgenus EUCERVARIA Palmer. 



Lynx ruffus (Guldenstaedt). 



Wild Cat. Bay Lynx. Bob Cat. 



Felis ruffa GUldenstaedt, Nov. Comm. Acad. Scient. Imp. Petrop., XX, 1775 

 (1776), p. 484. 



Lyncus rufus Lapham, Trans. Wis. State Agr. Soc., II, 1852 (1853), p. 339 (Wis- 

 consin). 



Lynx rufus Kennicott, Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc, 1853-54 (1855), p. 579 (Cook Co., 

 (Illinois). Thomas, Trans. III. State Agr. Soc, IV, 1859-60 (1861), p. 653 

 (Illinois). Miles, Rept. Geol. Surv. Mich., I, i860 (1861), p. 219 (Michigan). 

 Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1869 (1871), p. 181 (Iowa). Strong, 

 Geol. Wis., Surv. 1873-79, L 1883, p. 436 (Wisconsin). Tyrrall, Mamm. of 

 Canada, Toronto, 1888, p. 9 (Ontario). Herrick, Geol. & Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn., 

 Bull. No. 7, 1892, p. 7 (Minnesota). Evermann & Butler, Proc. Ind. Acad. 

 Sci., 1893 (1894), p. 138 (Indiana). Garman, Bull. Essex Inst., XXVI, 1894, 

 p. 3 (Kentucky). Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1896 (1897), p. 201 

 (Tennessee). Snyder, Bull. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, II, 1902, p. 123 (Wisconsin). 



Lynx rufftis Adams, Rept. State Board Geol. Surv. Mich., 1905 (1906), p. 130 

 (Michigan). Jackson, Bull. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, VI, 1908, p. 25 (Wisconsin). 

 lb., VII, 1910, p. 89 (Wisconsin). Hahn, Ann. Rept. Dept. Geol. & Nat. 

 Resources Ind., 1908 (1909), p. 240 (Indiana). 



Type locality — New York. 



Distribution — In eastern North America, from southern Canada to the 



Gulf states; replaced in Nova Scotia, Florida and the West by 



allied forms. 

 Description — General color pale rufous brown, more or less tinged with 



grayish ; legs and head showing more or less dark spots or streaks ; 



end of tail black above, white below; a streak of dark brown mixed 



with black extends down the middle of the back; upper neck tinged 



with darker rufous brown; throat with distinct brownish collar; 



belly white, with blackish streaks or spots ; feet comparatively small ; 



ear tufts blackish, usually about i in. or less in length. 

 Measurements — Total length, about 36 in. (914 mm.); tail vertebrse, 



6.50 in. (165 mm.); hind foot, 7 in. (178 mm.). 



